August 2014

Birlehlou (Occupied Territories), August 22, 2014 (SPS) – President of Republic, Secretary General of the Polisario Front, Mohamed Abdelaziz, expressed “deep” concern regarding the alert of the Moroccan army in the Saharawi occupied territories, in a letter Thursday to the UN Secretary General, Mr. Ban Ki-moon.

The President of the Republic warned against “blatant and dangerous aggression not only on the Sahrawi people but on the United Nations and the entire international community as well”.

Boumerdes (Algeria) August 21, 2014 (SPS) – The Summer University of Sahrawi officials, University of Gdeim Izik, held under the theme “Moroccan policy of expansion and export of drugs, an obstacle to realizing the dream of the Maghreb peoples” concluded Thursday in the presence of the Prime Minister, Abdelkader Taleb Omar.

Algiers, August 21, 2014 (SPS) - The Saharawi Ambassador in Algiers, Mr. Ibrahim Ghali, affirmed Wednesday that Morocco "exercises pressure" and attempts in various ways to influence the UN envoy to Western Sahara, Mr. Christopher Ross, who will visit the occupied territories of Western Sahara in October.

In a statement to Algerian newspaper Al Bilad , the Sahrawi diplomat highlighted that the Moroccan regime is trying to "involveAlgeria" in its conflict with the Polisario Front, through its repeated attempts to influence the expected visit of the UN.

Birlehlou (Liberated Territories), August 21, 2014 (SPS) - Prime Minister Abdelkader Taleb Omar, congratulated his Mauritanian counterpart, Yahia Ould Hamidin, on the occasion of his appointment as the Prime minister, in a letter Wednesday.

Algiers, Wednesday, 20 August 2014 (SPS) - Morocco’s sovereignty in Western Sahara is recognized by no state, said Tuesday in Algiers the Secretary General of the Union of Saharawi Workers Mohamed Cheikh Lahbib.

“Morocco’s sovereignty on Western Sahara is recognized by no state. Morocco seeks to get a foothold in the Sahel and borders in the region,” the Sahrawi official said at El-Moudjahid forum, underlining Morocco’s “expansionist” policy.

Shaheed Hafed, August 20, 2014 (SPS) - The Secretary General of the Union of Students of Saguia El Hamra and Rio de Oro, Ahmed Abdi Lehbib, confirmed Tuesday the participation of Arab and African countries delegations in the II Congress, held August 23-25, in the wilaya of Awserd under the theme: " the Saharawi Student Movement is in the service of the National goals".

Speaking to SPS, Lehbib Ahmed indicated the congress will feature prominent participation of students from Algeria, Mauritania, Palestine and Jordan, as well as African countries.

Birlehlou (liberated territories), August 20, 2014 (SPS) - Sahrawi President Mohamed Abdelaziz has expressed to United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon concerns over Moroccan authorities' obstinacy in denying access to international observers and the blockade imposed on the occupied Sahrawi regions.

Birlehlou, August 19, 2014 (SPS) - The Polisario Front has expressed its deepest concern over the campaign launched by the Moroccan authorities against international observers continuously expelled from Western Sahara.

MIRLAND (South Africa), August 18, 2014 (SPS)- The conference of African Union (AU) Parliaments on Wednesday stressed the importance of cooperation with the United Nations to reach a settlement for Western Sahara conflict, reiterating support to the African envoy to Western Sahara, Joaquim Chissano.

New York (United Nations), August 17, 2014 (SPS) - UN's main mission of the MINURSO (United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara) was the holding of a referendum on Saharawi people's self-determination, Polisario Front's representative at the UN, Ahmed Boukhari, reiterated in New York.

The Saharawi diplomat made the comment in reply to "strange statements" by Morocco’s Permanent Representative to the UN, in which he requested the UN Secretary-General not to alter the MINURSO’s mission.

New York, August 15, 2014 (SPS) - The Polisario Front representative to the United Nations, Ahmed Bukhari, reminded Thursday the Moroccan party that the main mission of the UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) is the holding of the referendum on self-determination of the Saharawi people.

London, August 15, 2014 (SPS) - Adala UK, Justice & Human Rights for Western Sahara, has demanded “urgent action on the issue of freedom of press and denounced the Moroccan government for only allowing journalists in favour of the regime’s official line to freely practice their profession whilst independent or foreign journalists are often denied access to the Occupied Territories and Saharawi journalists are subject to threats and arbitrary arrests.”

Birlehlou, August 14, 2014 (SPS) - President of the Republic Secretary General of Frente POLISARIO Mohamed Abdelaziz congratulated Wednesday President of the Republic of Ecuador Rafael Correa on occasion of the 205th anniversary of independence.

Birlehlou, August 14,2014 (SPS) - President of the Republic  Secretary General of the Polisario Front Mohamed Abdelaziz, addressed Wednesday a letter of condolence to Prime vice President of the Brazilian Socialist Party Roberto Amaral on the occasion of the tragic death of the president of the party, governor of Pernambuco, and presidential candidate Eduardo Campos.

Boumerdes (Algeria), August 13, 2014 (SPS) - Minister of Reconstruction of Liberated Territories of Western Sahara Belahi Sayed reiterated Tuesday in Algiers his call to the international community to exert pressure on the Moroccan occupier to get it to implement the international charters and allow the Sahrawi people to exercise their right to self-determination.

Boumerdes (Algeria), August 13, 2014 (SPS) - The world is  today quite aware of the obvious relation between drug trafficking, organized crime and terrorist groups in the region of the Sahel (African), underlined Tuesday in Boumerdes expert and international consultant M’hand Berkouk.

Boumerdes (Algeria), August 13, 2014 (SPS) - Morocco's expansionist policy and drug exportation are the main threats to peace and stability in the Maghreb, said the secretary of state for Documentation and Security Brahim Mohamed Mahmoud.

"Morocco's expansionism to the detriment of the neighbouring countries had, in the past, largely contributed to encouraging foreign occupation of Maghreb countries," and has now "paved the way to foreign interference in the internal affairs of some countries," the Saharawi minister said in a conference.